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Hmm. Does it work? This novel is actually two separate stories in each in a kind of distinct contrast. Chapters alternate. One is a medical student who abandons his career to run off with a married woman. The other is a convict who gets lost during the 1927 Mississippi flood, and finds himself floating alone in a small boat with a woman in labor.

These stories are ok, but really only for Faulkner completists.

I‘ve been working through this as i‘ve had time. I might have finally gotten to the point of enjoying it. The first 150 pages were not all that fun.

Hello, I need your opinions about this book... do you prefer to read... #williamfaulkner

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.